Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1887-03-17
In JUSTICE s COURT.
Case of White VS.. Lawrence,
Yesterday Afternoon.

Joseph 7. White yesterday brought
suit against Samuel Lawrence for $50,
for which he claimed Lawrence owed
him for non fulfillment of a loan.
Daniel E. Woodruff sat upon the case,
and six good men and true acted as a
jury. Orestes Cook appeared for
White, while Lawrence was repre-
sented by j. i. Vansyckle.
Lawyer Cook in opening stated that
Mr.. Lawrence was during 1885 tenant
on the farm of Mr.. White, in Hope,
we'll township, and that he was living
there and farming the farm on shares.
Mr.. Cook called as his first witness
Joseph T. White, the plaintiff.
his farm on shares in 1888. The lease
was then produced and read He said
that he was to have one-half of the
products of the farm. With the excep-
ton of taxes, the lease for 1885 was the
anne as 1888. Hay was not to be sold,
but should be used on the place, and
Mr. White was to have all he needed
and it should be carted to him. |
wanted him to get out my corn, and
he refused to do it. He wasted hay by
throwing it into the barn yard and
on one occasion wanted some sweet
potatoes. When | got them, out of
the ten barrels of sweet potatoes there
were four baskets cut and damaged.
When | got the corn out | had to pay
Mr.. Tice SIS for the work He also
mentioned other things which have
proven loss to him. | sent after hay
by a man in my employ, but he would
not allow him to have any at all
In bis cross examination Mr.. Van
Syckle endeavored to show that the
tenant had been ordered off the farm,
and that Lawrence was not ordered to
get the corn until after he had left the
place.
Joseph Tice was sworn, and said he
saw the hay. When he took out the
manure he saw lots of it at waste One
evening shortly before Lawrence left
the farm, witness saw him roll large
quantities of hay into the barn yard.
There was great deal of hay wasted.
On cross examination nothing fur
ther was developed.
GGOther witnesses were called to show
that White had demanded his corn to
be taken out Also to prove that it
was customary for tenants to go back
and take produce out in such cases as
the one before the Court.
The defense through Mr.. VanSycl>le
claimed that they were not guilty of
anything charged. Even if they did
owe the $15, the other money claimed
was not just the thing as the other
sums were an afterthought. 1--WE have
fled an offset" said the lawyer, ''of
three tons of hay that White had left
on the ground for the benefit of the
ground" The first witness called was
Samuel Lawrence, the defendant.
First he took the corn and said he
had cut his corn and Whites at the
same time, but White nailed his up in
crib and kept it there until after he
had moved. He received no orders to
cart it until after he had moved. He
would not do it then because he con-
sidered his lease was at an end after
he had been ordered off the place. AS
fnr I,o tot ha In bn hn hn
he could and did not spoil many Of
them. The demand Mr.. White made
for hay, witness said was at a time
when there was not more than 800
pounds in the now The hay wasted
on Mr.. Whites order was worth about
thirty-siX dollars.
Other witnesses were called to prove
that the hay was ordered left on the
ground to do the land good Here
the defense rested.
Mr.. White in rebuttal said that the
hay left on the ground was only on a
portion of ground where sweet potatoes
had been grown. He also said that
Mr.. Lawrence had sufficient hay with
out this. Another witness was called,
to prove that Lawrence never divided
the apple crop.
This ended the testimony, and coun-
sci on both sides summed up the case,
and the jury retired for deliberation.
After short time they returned with
a verdict of $35 and costs against Law
renee.
The case was important inasmuch
as it proves that tenants must live up
to their lease even after they have
moved from the farm. There were d
large number of farmers present who
were deeply interested in the case. 1t
is said that Lawrence will appeal the
case, though his friends endeavored
to have him pay the damages claimed.